Vacuum artwork by boy with autism hangs worldwide in Hoover campaign

[&lt;a href="//storify.com/cbccommunity/vacuum-artwork-by-boy-with-autism-hangs-worldwide" target="_blank"&gt;View the story "Vacuum artwork by boy with autism hangs worldwide in Hoover campaign " on Storify&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;h1&gt;Vacuum artwork by boy with autism hangs worldwide in Hoover campaign &lt;/h1&gt;&lt;h2&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;p&gt;Storified by &lt;a href="http://storify.com/cbccommunity"&gt;CBC News Community&lt;/a&gt;&amp;middot; Mon, Mar 24 2014 11:46:23&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div&gt;A drawing of an antique Hoover vacuum by a teenage artist is hanging on refrigerators and being plastered on office cubicles, walls and windows -- worldwide.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.krtv.com/news/missoula-student-s-hoover-art-goes-viral/" class=""&gt;According to KRTV&lt;/a&gt;, Montana high school student Marcus Bartlett, who has autism, is very fond of vacuum cleaners and Hoover.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;He often drew vacuums in his media arts class, according to his instructor, and now &lt;a href="https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10152296173724847&amp;amp;set=a.141749899846.110785.108222724846&amp;amp;type=1&amp;amp;stream_ref=10" class=""&gt;a campaign by Hoover&lt;/a&gt; is seeing his artwork move beyond the classroom and into homes and offices around the globe.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;"They were so beautiful," teacher Kathy&amp;nbsp;Howlett told KRTV, referring to the artwork. &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt; "I really enjoyed his artwork so I thought somebody should see this at Hoover."&amp;nbsp;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;BlogSpot&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;b&gt;(Photo: Marcus Bartlett)&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;div&gt;She and&amp;nbsp;Bartlett&amp;nbsp;wrote a letter to the vacuum cleaner-maker and sent four drawings.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;"We didn't think much more about it, until five days later, Hoover called," said Howlett.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;After receiving the artwork, Hoover posted a YouTube video last week.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;"We thought it was great," Hoover social media manger Andy Netzel says of the artwork in the video.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Will you do something awesome for a young man with #autism?Learn: http://t.co/IVQxTsTPkf Download: http://t.co/AVBIsgwKLBHoover&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;"We wanted to do something really cool for Marcus in return."&lt;div&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.hlntv.com/article/2014/03/23/hoover-autistic-student-viral-campaign" class=""&gt;According to HLN&lt;/a&gt;, in his letter,&amp;nbsp;Bartlett wrote that he would like to be a famous artist someday.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;"We thought 'how could we make that happen?'" Netzel&amp;nbsp;told HLN. "And so this is what we did. This isn't Hoover's story. This is Marcus' story."&lt;br&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Hoover encouraged its consumers to print out an image of the drawing, hang it up then snap a picture and post to its Facebook or send it in a tweet.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Now Bartlett's artwork is posted on refrigerators, high school lockers and offices near and far. &lt;br&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; Greetings from Geneva Switzerland Marcus!Chris Cleveland&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; On my locker at sentinel high school!!!Breanah Rae Couvillion&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; Here ya go, Marcus, a jobsite pic of your artwork. Good job, the drawing looks nice!Mac MacDonald&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; Great idea, Hoover. To Marcus, this is a great picture. Proud to hang your picture of a Hoover vacuum in my office in Singapore. You have great talents.Lim Kam Ming&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Rocking Marcus's picture proudly. @HooverUSA Grateful to have chatted with him about vacuums bc of my job @ CDC. :) http://t.co/ggPk2MFaiZRunnerchick85 &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; Hanging in my office with all my feel good pictures. Please let Marcus know this picture makes me smile! And thank you Hoover for doing something so small that means something SO BIG!!!Kyra Jedrykowski Treible&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; Proudly posted in San Juan Capistrano, California at my parent's house. You rock, Marcus!! Bailey Bella Perlita Jenna RaeKori Fairfield&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;@HooverUSA This is such a great idea! Thanks for giving us all a chance to be a part of it. http://t.co/Eof3Faz0c2Carly McKitty =^.^=&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Hey @hooverUSA Marcus' photo is in New Orleans at @NOLAnews headquarters in the French Quarter! http://t.co/w6xkDYpamVRobert McClendon&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Hoover is also curating images on a&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://www.pinterest.com/hoover/pictures-for-marcus/" class=""&gt;Pinterest&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;board.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Pictures For MarcusMarcus, a young man from Montana affected by autism, sent us a great picture he drew. We wanted to do something amazing for Marcus, but we need your help. Learn more here, and share! http://youtu.be/aq9MGBXQxmY | See more about autism, coffee carts and sock puppets.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Bartlett is thrilled to see his artwork spread, according to KRTV. &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;But more so, he wants "to let other people know that it doesn't matter if you're autistic, you could be just as good as anybody."&lt;/div&gt;

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